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423 Diotima

423 Diotima
Discovery A
Discoverer Auguste Charlois
Discovery Date December 7, 1896
Alternate
Designations
1896 DB B
Category Main belt (Eos)
Orbital Elements C
Epoch 30 January, 2005 (JD 2453400.5)
Eccentricity (e) 0.041
Semi-Major Axis (a) 458.683 Gm (3.066 AU)
Perihelion (q) 439.945 Gm (2.941 AU)
Aphelion (Q) 477.421 Gm (3.191 AU)
Orbital Period (P) 1960.969 d (5.37 a)
Mean Orbital Speed 17.01 km/s
Inclination (i) 11.24°
Longitude of the
Ascending Node
(Ω)
69.564°
Argument of
Perihelion
(ω)
207.473°
Mean Anomaly (M) 179.514°
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions 209.0 km
Mass unknown
Density unknown
Surface Gravity unknown
Escape Velocity unknown
Rotation Period unknown
Spectral Class C
Absolute Magnitude 7.24
Albedo unknown
Mean Surface
Temperature
unknown

423 Diotima (dye'-a-tye'-ma, Latin Diotīma, from Greek) is a one of the largest Main belt asteroids. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of privitive carbonates.

It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on December 7, 1896 in Nice.


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